I've just reinstalled Slackware 10.1 and have installed the latest kernel (2.6.12.2) and it's now time to set up the sound card.

I did a check on the alsa-project site to see if the card is supported yet and apparently it is, under snd_emu10k1. Previously, I have been using the snd-usbaudio module but it's a real hassle getting it to work with the Audigy2 NX so I'd really rather not use the snd_usbaudio module again.

I added snd_emu10k1 as a module to my kernel config (but didn't include snd-usbaudio), recompiled the kernel and rebooted. Now, when I do "modprobe snd_emu10k1" the module loads fine along with snd_rawmidi, snd_ac97_codec, snd_util_mem and snd_hwdep but when I do "alsaconf" I get a message saying "No supported PnP or PCI card found.".

How is it possible to get this card working under the snd_emu10k1 module? Has anyone managed to get it working under this module? Currently, I'm using the version of ALSA which comes with the 2.6.12.2 kernel, I haven't downloaded the latest one from the alsa-project site. Is this the reason?

This may be of no help to you. I use Fedora Core 3/4 and Suse and I have the exact same sound card you do. I and a few others I know of have it working since kernel 2.10. In my distros (rpm based), I have alsa 1.0.9 installed via the latest rpm pkgs from atrpms (for Fedora 3/4) and suse. Once you are up, be sure to set the sampling rate to 48,000 Hz. I also had to install an .asoundrc file to get all the multimedia apps working correctly. Happy to provide that to you if needed.

That's using the snd_usbaudio module which I don't really want to do. Thanks anyway though. I've already got an .asoundrc file which converts everything properly but I don't want to use that module if snd_emu10k1 works correctly.